arrester
Also arrestor. a person or thing that arrests.
Electricity. lightning arrester.
Origin of arrester
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How to use arrester in a sentence
The fault was found in a lightning arrester which one of the operators had neglected in the cable hut.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines | Florence Kimball RusselThat illustrated by c is made by the method explained under "A Spray arrester."
A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing | Bernard D. BolasIt may, however, be made with two internal seals of the class described under "A Spray arrester."
A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing | Bernard D. BolasSans se destourner et sans s'arrester au bruit des jappereaux qui crient après luy.
A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I | Francis ParkmanBut there is great danger of setting a fire if an engine is run with wood or straw without the spark arrester.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. Stephenson
British Dictionary definitions for arrester
/ (əˈrɛstə) /
a person who arrests
a thing that stops or checks motion, esp a mechanism of wires for slowing aeroplanes as they land on an aircraft carrier
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